Re: Helmet efficacy test

On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 01:03:27 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:44:18 -0400, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
wrote:

(...)

John, you really need to cite references - This is from a Emo
Phillips comedy routine in the 1980s

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Why? Do I have to list the reference in order to post the quotation?

I like to see attributions and sources because I prefer to read things
as close to the source as possible.  That avoids most interpretation,
distortion, political bias, "improvements" that change the meaning,
etc.  I often lookup the source and their bias in:
<https://www.allsides.com/media-bias>
Incidentally, there are many types of bias besides political:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias>
<https://codlrc.org/evaluating/facts>
Also, fact checking.

To add some gasoline to the flames, I don't really care what anyone
thinks.  It's a free country and you can theoretical believe whatever
you want.  However, that doesn't extend to freely distributing (or
redistributing) fake news, distorted information, mangled quotes, etc.
Therefore, what interests me is what logic, thinking and sources were
used to arrive at someone's claims, logic or conclusions.  That means
(to me) that any 2nd hand information without sources is highly
suspect and likely to be wrong or has been adjusted to conform to
someone's agenda.  When someone posts an obvious quotation, using
UTF-8 encoded characters, and fails to provide the source of the
quotation, they are probably hiding something.  They are also not
making it any easier for the reader to research the topic or analyze
the content.

After all I didn't claim it for my (or any one's) invention.

I hate to give you the bad news, but quoting someone's creative work
and probably copyrighted work is considered plagiarism and possibly a
copyright violation.  I try to provide the sources of all my quotes.
When it's difficult or I can't remember where I found it, I usually a
like "source unknown" or "I forgot where I stole this".


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